Omar H.
Subjects Available
- Admissions - Business School
- Admissions - Essay
- Admissions - Graduate Schools (M.A. / Ph.D.)
- Admissions - Law School
- Admissions - Medical School
- Admissions - Undergraduate
- Essay Editing
- Interview Coaching
- Neurobiology
- Philosophy
- Political Philosophy
- Psychology
- Resume Consulting
- Undergraduate Admissions Package (15 hours)
- Writing
Academic Biography
Omar is Director of Admissions at Veritas Tutors. He has nearly a decade of experience advising applicants in admissions and teaching, for which he has received many awards. He has served as an undergraduate as well as graduate admissions committee member and interviewer at Harvard and Brown. He has extensive experience advising in all steps of the application process (application targeting and strategy, resumes, personal statement, recommendations, interview preparation, wait-lists, etc). As an admissions consultant and advocate, his confidence-building and enthusiastic approach is customized to individual needs and values, provides honest feedback, helps focus on strengths and contextualize weaknesses, and is supportive to achieve personal goals. He takes great pride in the success of his students, the vast majority of whom have been fortunate to be placed in elite programs of their choice.
Personal Biography
At Brown and Harvard, Omar has studied neuroscience, psychology, medicine, religion and philosophy. He has done bioethics research at Harvard Medical School on the intersection of psychiatry and law, brain imaging of the neuropsychology of vascular dementia, and worked in West Africa on a malaria vaccine project. He co-edited a book on the rights of persons with mental disabilities for UNESCO, and has written many research articles in the humanities and sciences. He has received awards from Americorps and the Jack Kent Cooke foundation, participated in the Yale Global Leaders Summit, Aspen Institute Health Forum, and most recently was on the BBC.
- Diverse background in sciences and humanities
- MD/PhD, broad experience in applications
- Stellar record of improving admissions placement
- Strong admissions advising and committee experience